During the 1960s, the National Science Foundation helped develop 30 regional computing networks, which included 300 universities and high schools. At this time, about 1% of secondary schools in the United States had computer access in the classroom. Fast forward to 1975, and 55% of all schools had access. At the same time, computers used for instruction increased by 23% (Computers in Education 2010).
In the late 1970s and beyond, pioneers, researchers, and entrepreneurs applied revolutionary developments in computer technology and probeware to science education (see "On the web"). In the early 1980s, Commodore, IBM, Tandy, and Apple II computer labs were being built and used in secondary schools. In the mid-1980s, temperature sensors, motion detectors, and photogates were first produced for classroom use. And the rest, as they say, is history.
In the late 1970s and beyond, pioneers, researchers, and entrepreneurs applied revolutionary developments in computer technology and probeware to science education (see "On the web"). In the early 1980s, Commodore, IBM, Tandy, and Apple II computer labs were being built and used in secondary schools. In the mid-1980s, temperature sensors, motion detectors, and photogates were first produced for classroom use. And the rest, as they say, is history.
